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German Defence Minister Confirms Reports of Trump's Threats to Slap EU With Higher Tariffs Over Iran

Three European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as Iran nuclear deal, initiated the accord's dispute mechanism on 14 January thus threa

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Prince Harry takes on first duties since royal crisis talks

Prince Harry went back to work Thursday, taking on his first royal duties since a pivotal summit with Queen Elizabeth II on his future role in the royal family.Harry is

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Hong Kong's total visitor arrivals in 2019 decline by 14.2 percent

Passengers arriving at the Hong Kong International airport in Hong Kong, January, 2020. /AP Photo Hong Kong's full-year provisional visitor arrivals in 2019 amounted to 55.9 million and recor

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Sudan: Lives of traumatized, displaced women in West Darfur threatened

UNFPA has been supporting pregnant women in West Darfur following an increase in instability in the region./UNFPA The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA now says the ongoing instability in

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USMCA trade deal passes U.S. Senate, giving Trump a policy victory

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during an event to sign an update to the North American Free Trade Agreement, at the national palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Dec. 10. 2019. (AP

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Turkey's President says he has started deploying troops to Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan /Getty Images Turkey is already beginning to send its soldiers to Libya in support of the internationally recognized government in Tripoli. President Tay

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Foxconn and Fiat Chrysler partner to develop EVs and an ‘internet of vehicles’ business

Foxconn Technology Group, the Taiwanese electronics giant best known for its iPhone manufacturing contract, is forming a joint venture with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to build electric vehicles in Chin

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Copilot is a subscription personal finance tracker aiming to kill Mint

When Intuit acquired Mint more than a decade ago, mobile was in a different place — as were tech-enabled financial services. There hasn’t been much progress for the personal finance tracke

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Investors like Sundar Pichai; they just pushed Alphabet into the trillion dollar club for the first time

Alphabet this afternoon became the fourth tech giant to join the highly exclusive trillion-dollar club, one whose original member, Apple, saw its market cap soar past $1 trillion for the first time in

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Microsoft pledges to remove as much carbon as it has ever emitted

Microsoft has pledged to become "carbon negative" by 2030 before going further and removing as much carbon it has ever emitted from the environment by 2050.The announce

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SiteMinder raises $70M at $750M valuation after cresting $70M ARR in 2019

Today SiteMinder, an Australian software company focused on the hotel industry, announced a $70 million (USD) round that values the company at $750 million. That’s about $1.08 billion in Austral

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TRI-AD’s James Kuffner and Max Bajracharya are coming to TC Sessions: Robotics+AI 2020

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics rapidly approaching, 2020 is shaping up to be a big year for TRI-AD (Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development). Opened in 2018, the research wing is devote

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Hyundai and Kia put over $110M into UK electric delivery vehicles startup Arrival

Forget the consumer market for electric vehicles. It turns out delivery vehicles could be the ‘Trojan horse’ for electric to really take off.Korean auto giants Hyundai and Kia put over $110 million in

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Loliware’s kelp-based plastic alternatives snag $6M seed round from eco-conscious investors

The last few years have seen many cities ban plastic bags, plastic straws, and other common forms of waste, giving environmentally conscious alternatives a huge boost — among them Loliware, purveyor o

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44% of TikTok’s all-time downloads were in 2019, but app hasn’t figured out monetization

Despite the U.S. government’s concerns over TikTok which most recently led to the U.S. Navy banning service members’ use of the app, TikTok had a stellar 2019 in terms of both downloads an

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Sepsis is bigger killer than three types of cancer combined - study

Sepsis, which can lead to multiple organ failure, is thought to cause one in five deaths worldwide each year.

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Daily Crunch: Mozilla lays off 70

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